Succotash, The Comedy Soundcast Soundcast

Succotash Epi33: Singin' With John Anealio

Succotash, the Comedy Soundcast Soundcast, was launched in 2011 with the idea of promoting comedy soundcasts in what was then a marketplace still trying to find its way. By featuring short clips of shows being produced by funny folks both known and unknown, we like to feel that we maybe had a little tiny, eeny weeny, itsy bitsy bit to do with helping to ignite the torch of soundcasts across the globe! (But then we've always had a rather high opinion of ourselves...)

Original show host and executive producer Marc Hershon, along with booth announcer Bill Heywatt, engineer/producer Joe Paulino, associate producer Tyson Saner, musical director Scott Carvey, and booth assistant Kenny Durgis have kept the flame alive o'er these many years. In 2018, Hershon abandoned the host chair and anointed Saner to the position, with nary a notice from the legions of listeners. Typical.

Greetings, Succotashians! Welcome to Episode 33. Going a
little different this installment, with the majority of the show
centered around our special guest, podcaster and singer/songwriter
John Anealio. (I promise we'll have beau coup clips from
comedy podcasts locked and loaded in the next
episode...)

John Anealio AKA Captain Six String

I think you'll like our chat, which is interspersed with
several of John's comedi-sci-fi tunes as well as a clip from
his weekly
podcast, Functional Nerds. (I even sneak in a reprise of
friend-of-SuccotashDana Carvey singing a silly ditty
we've featured before, The World's Catchiest
Song.)

Here's the list of John's tunes I play during the
interview:

• George R. R. Martin Is Not Your Bitch
(Remix)

• We Don't Need Another Trilogy

• Cecilia

• Rachel Rosen

• Unicorn Pegasus Kitten

All this tuneage plus a lot more is available at John's
website, http://JohnAnealio.com. (And as good
a job as I finally do in this episode by pronouncing John's name
correctly, I actually misspelled the his name in trying to give out
the website. Sorry, John!)

Sammy Wegent

In addition to our time with John, we kick things off with
short teaser by comedian/actor/writer Sammy Wegent, talking
about his new web series Everybody's A Comedian. (Savvy Succotash
listeners/blog readers already know that your truly makes a guest
appearance in Episode 2 of EAC.) This teaser is a preamble to a
longer interview I recently had with Sammy in a San Francisco North
Beach coffee house, which I will play in its entirety in upcoming
Epi35.

And our Burst O' Durst has Will Durst checking in on the
heels of Congressman Todd Akin's ridiculous declaration
about the ability of a woman who has been raped to "shut down" her
reproductive system to prevent unwanted pregnancy. (As a member of
the U.S. Congress, Akin is a "Representative" but, with statements
like his, who is he representing, precisely? 17th century
Puritans?)

In other realms, in exchange for my contributing to
Chillpak Hollywood
Hour's Dean Haglund's Kickstarter campaign to create
his graphic novel (Shock And Awesome), the alumnus of TV's
The X-Files has created a new Succotash logo which
you can now see (and buy) gracing t-shirts, mugs and other merch at
our Succotashery! It's pretty cool-looking and I'm waiting for my
own long sleeve black tee to arrive from Cafe Press any day
now...

Speaking of Kickstarter, I also just this past week
received my tickets for the upcoming L.A. Podcast Festival, Oct.
12-14. While I'm not involved in the fest in any official capacity
(no one asked…), I'll have my remote equipment and will interview
any and all podcasters and comedians that I can get to sit still in
front of the microphone. (I should be easy to spot, as I'll be
wearing the aforementioned Succotash
t-shirt.)

I've been getting more and more clip submissions from
comedy podcasters, which is great — a lot of what I'll be featuring
in the next episode will come out of the Tweetsack. But you don't
have to be a podcaster to suggest show for us to feature. If you're
a regular listener, a "civilian", go right ahead and let us know
your favorite show(s) and we'll track down the clips and put
'em up! (You can always email me, marc@SuccotashShow.com, or
tweet a message and be sure to throw @SuccotashShow in there
somewhere.)

That's enough. Get out of here and into the show. Enjoy!
And please, if you truly care about your fellow man (and woman),
won't you pass the Succotash?